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Saturday, September 2nd, 2023
This morning Emily and I visited a small market near our home. We just moved into this area. We are slowly finding our way around, and this morning we went to a market about three kilometers from the new apartment. At first it looked like just a few sellers selling vegetables and fish which is cool.
Then we found a doorway somewhat Narnia-like and entered a large market with certainly more fruits and vegetables, but also a fair amount of meat, chicken, and fish. Emily was very happy. The small stores near our new home have a surprising amount to offer, but the variety is limited.
As we made our way around the stalls and tables, and dodged the ravenous hoards of seniors looking for bargains, we located the area selling fresh chicken and duck.
It was a little fresher than I expected. Emily does most of the shopping, so the idea of picking live animals isn’t new to her. When I go with Emily I’m generally there in my capacity of general labour. Emily shops, Wayne carries.
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Monday, March 19th, 2018
We returned to China on Halloween. Sorry to say, it wasn’t too scary.
Waiting
The flight was delayed. No one was at the airport to meet us. So, a bit scary.
Hong Kong
We left Surabaya about 8:00 am and arrived in Hong Kong at about 12:00 pm. We were to have a three-hour layover, then it became four, and then soon enough it was more.
Hong Kong
We arrived in Wuhan about 10:30 pm. We called the school and finally realized we were on our own.
Someone overheard us speaking English and came over.
He said he was an UBER driver, and we let him talk to the school. Let’s be honest, he could have been sharing a recipe for corn-beefed hash. We followed him to his car because we didn’t have many options.
The ride was pleasant, but our little guy was tired, hungry and cold.
We arrived at a darkened school to find out that the apartment wasn’t ready and we were then taken to a dodgy hotel. It was clean. We fell asleep. Too early the next morning we grabbed all our stuff and went off to see the apartment. It was nowhere near ready. After visiting the school, we found another hotel and did our best imitation of relaxing.
(more to come)
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Friday, February 23rd, 2018
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Friday, February 23rd, 2018
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Friday, April 7th, 2017
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Thursday, March 30th, 2017
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Friday, October 21st, 2016
Join Little Chefs for a Spookylicious Halloween
Saturday 29th Oct 2016 at 10am - 11.30am
Lenmarc Mall Ground Floor Surabaya
Halloween is coming...!!!
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Monday, October 17th, 2016
Another successful and enjoyable celebration.
Ekonid's traditional German celebration, presented in Cooperation with Wisma Jerman and Sheraton Surabaya.
Another amazing evening thanks to Birgit Steffan, Christian Kyriss, Sheraton ...
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Friday, July 1st, 2016
Canada Day/Fête du Canada
Happy Canada Day/Joyeux Jour du Canada
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
TEFL Course Schedule
(TESOL Certification)
Course dates for 2017
Surabaya, East Java
- Jan 2-27
- February 6-March 3
- March 6-31
- April 3-28
- May 1-26
- June Cancel(Ramadan/Idul Fitri)
- July 3-28
- August 7-31
- September 4-29
- October 2-27
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